United Airlines planes, including a Boeing 737 MAX 9 model, are pictured at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, March 18, 2019. Loren Elliott | Reuters United Airlines is following Southwest and American Airlines in delaying the return of the Boeing 737 Max on its flight schedules into early March. United is pulling the jets off
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Frequent travelers now have a whole new way to view loyalty points — thanks to a growing trend in loyalty program: hard-to-replicate, bucket-list experiences. From red carpet access and backstage passes to cooking classes with Michelin-starred chefs, there’s an entire realm of VIP travel opportunities designed around the new “experience economy.” Fueled by public interest
“Where do you live?” is a simple question — but I don’t have a quick answer. Instead of settling down and waiting to get old in one place, my husband and I devised an ongoing travel plan that each year includes France, Singapore, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand — as well as the odd
Steve Dickson Source: Delta Air Lines The Federal Aviation Administration, under fire for its approval of the now-grounded Boeing 737 Max, will work to better assess how human pilots interact with increasingly automated and complex aircraft, the agency’s chief said Tuesday. The pilots on two flights of the 737 Max — Lion Air Flight 610
JetBlue’s new Airbus A321neo at New York’s Kennedy Airport. Leslie Josephs | CNBC JetBlue Airways on Tuesday joined other airlines in offering a basic economy fare: the cheapest tickets that lack perks like advance seat selection. The new fare, called Blue Basic, follows similar efforts by major airlines to offer fewer perks that used to
Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int’l Airport terminal Source: Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int’l Airport From New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, many airports around the country are in the middle of high-profile renovation and expansion projects. But with the official opening early Wednesday morning of the new $1.3 billion terminal at Louis Armstrong
A group of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft sit on the tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. Ralph Freso | Getty Images The union that represents the roughly 17,000 Southwest Airlines flight attendants is considering suing Boeing over lost pay in the protracted grounding of the 737 Max, a
Delta’s coach section on their new Airbus A350. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Delta Air Lines‘ chief financial officer told investors Thursday that the carrier is ready for an economic downturn — it’s just not seeing one yet. An economic downturn “might be two years down the road, it might be five years down the road,
In cities around the world, on-demand rides are just a screen touch away. Whether it’s catching a Lyft in Los Angeles or Grab-ing it in Singapore, ridesharing apps have changed the car-hire landscape for good. The original transport disrupter, Uber, operates in 65 countries and more than 700 cities around the globe. But its reach
A 711 employee accepts a mobile payment from a customer in Shenzhen, China Uptin Saiidi | CNBC BEIJING — A few months ago, I got out of a taxi upon arriving at my hotel in Beijing. As mainstream credit cards are uncommon and rarely accepted here, I handed the driver cash. I couldn’t speak Chinese
Boeing‘s embattled CEO expressed regret on Wednesday over not grounding its 737 Max planes after the first deadly crash a year ago and said the company would more readily ground planes in future incidents. “If we knew everything back then that we know now, we would have grounded the airplanes after the first accident,” Dennis
Sven Hansche / EyeEm | EyeEm | Getty Images Whether heading home to visit family and friends or just fleeing to vacation hot spots, many Americans are planning to pack their bags for the coming winter holidays. Here’s a look at how many of us will hit the road and how much we’ll spend. Forty-five
Covering five countries on three continents in the span of 34 days, a ski trip launching this December lets people experience some of the best glacier runs and off-piste heli-skiing on the planet. The trip is designed for wealthy travelers as well as those seeking new cultural experiences, said Kirsty Edwards, head of operated ski
The Trump administration’s latest restrictions on flights to Cuba have left Cubans and Cuban Americans worried that travel will become complicated, leaving their families and local businesses to suffer “torture.” Since then-President Barack Obama restored commercial flights to Cuba in 2016, more Cuban Americans have been visiting relatives in provinces far from the country’s capital
Leslie Josephs | CNBC Delta Air Lines is restoring same-sex love scenes in two films after outrage on social media, including from Olivia Wilde, the director of the 2019 comedy ‘Booksmart’, one of the movies. Delta and other airlines source films from third-party companies that edit and distribute various versions of films for in-flight viewing.
If you’re changing your Medicare coverage during open enrollment and you plan to travel at some point, make sure you know whether your insurance will go with you. Coverage away from home depends partly on where you travel to, along with whether you’re on basic Medicare or get your benefits through an Advantage Plan. It
Dennis Muilenburg, CEO of Boeing, arrives to testify during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Hart Building on aviation safety and the future of the Boeing 737 MAX on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A Boeing engineer was concerned that the troubled 737 Max lacked
[embedded content] Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is back on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a second congressional hearing at 10 a.m. ET about two deadly crashes of the 737 Max. Senators criticized Boeing and Muilenburg in a hearing on Tuesday — the beleaguered CEO’s first public appearance in Congress since the crashes — and questioned
Boeing‘s beleaguered CEO Dennis Muilenburg declined to say Tuesday whether he’ll resign following two fatal crashes of the company’s best-selling 737 Max jets that have thrown the company into crisis over the last year. “These two accidents occurred on my watch,” he said. “I have a keen sense of responsibility to see that through.” Muilenburg
There are many reasons to visit Peru, from its diverse natural geography to its cultural festivals and the remnants of an ancient civilization. Millions of tourists flock to the Andean country every year to see the ruins of the Inca citadel Machu Picchu — but in 2015, a newly discovered geological wonder was added to
